Grateful Dead

Long Strange Trip Soundtrack CD

The LONG STRANGE TRIP MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK spans the band’s career and captures many of their greatest studio recordings alongside several of their most dynamic performances. Among the live highlights are “He’s Gone,” “St. Stephen,” and the “Scarlet”>”Fire” jam from the mythic 1977 Barton Hall concert, which will be released commercially for the first time just weeks prior on May 5. Along with classic studio tracks like “Ripple” and “Touch Of Grey,” the soundtrack also features unreleased performances like the legendary “Dark Star” from February 14, 1907 at The Fillmore East in New York and the magnificent “Dear Mr. Fantasy”>”Hey Jude” jam recorded on July 2, 1989 at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Hey now, sorry if this has been covered ... trying to find out if there is a legitimate (legal) way to record the LST VIDEO series for personal use. I want to get a copy for someone who does not have internet and is not physically able due to disability to go elsewhere to watch it. Is LST only going to be available on-line? Any insights appreciated! We are both decades-long Deadheads, veterans of hundreds of shows, not interested in pirating. Thanks...

...given the circumstances, being like an amazon property released to promote/companion the film. Opening with that version of "Death Don't Have No Mercy" draws one right into the web. The "Dark Star" is fantastic!

One would be hard pressed, really, to define the Dead's career in a three-disk set. I mean, it would be easy to pick the first 100 songs, but then how do you start cutting things?

Sounds pretty impressive nestled amidst the other selections. I have the boxed set and have been listening to the track since the box was pre-sale and the teaser mp3 was released. Still, the sound, the energy, the sheer majesty of it makes it a worthy entry, though so recently released in every format except mono 8 track.

The 1907 DS is a bit underwhelming, though I have just one listen in. It is not the blistering, angular, psychedelic version, nor the more jewel like arabesque of the 72 style versions. Perhaps some more listens will reveal the counterpoint surrealism of the underlying metaphor

Does anyone know if this new Long Strange Trip doc will be coming to DVD? I still haven't even seen the Weir doc because I refuse to subscribe to Netflix. Of course it isn't playing anywhere within 200 miles of here.

I like to have two different collections of music: digital stuff for when I'm out and about and physical stuff for when I'm at home. When I'm at home, give me vinyl and lots of it. But out and about? Give me digital and not a whole lot to sift through. My big thing lately is making playlists, and that 3-disc Amazon exclusive version looks to be right up my alley. I lost a bunch of my previous 'Dead album purchases from my Amazon music collection, so this will fill in some of those gaps rather nicely.

But yeah, a release like this is going to tick off completists. It's annoying to have more than one copy of the same song over a number of different releases. I can feel both sides of the argument.

"We were there with nothing to do: France, a 16-track recording studio upstairs, all our gear, ready to play, and nothing to do. So, we decided to play at the chateau itself, out in the back, in the grass, with a swimming pool, just play into the hills. We didn’t even play to hippies, we played to a handful of townspeople in Auvers. We played and the people came — the chief of police, the fire department, just everybody. It was an event and everybody just had a hell of a time — got drunk, fell in the pool. It was great."

Thanks for this identification of unreleased material on the new soundtrack album. Any collection that has an hours worth of new material, which includes a 20-30 minute Dark Star has to be worth investigating. Maybe more desirable than some 3 cd sets of complete shows featuring lesser material...

First off, this is not a release from the Dead. It is a soundtrack to a movie that someone made. You can't hold the selections up to te same standard. Expet iconic selections. Some studio stuff.

Second, there is some legit new stuff here. 2/14/70 Dark Star. That '71 China>Rider is new. While the Fantasy/Jude from Sullivan '89 was seen on a movie night, there was not a CD release. The '81 Stella is new. As is the '94 Days. That's 7 songs pushing an hour of music that is unreleased. Technically, the Ithaca stuff was too at the time they were making the movie.

If you think there is too much rehash for you, don't purchase it. Still, the idea that there isn't new stuff there does not hold water. There is. (3 CD version has more, yes).

Was lucky enough to attend the screening of this film last night in San Francisco. Full house. Director Bar-Lev, Trixie, Barlow, McNally and star of the film, Brigid Meier, were all there for a Q/A afterward. Groovy night. Won't give a spoiler but for those familiar with the Dead-arc there is a lot here that was very familiar and plenty more that was surprising. I laughed a good bit, got sad in a few places, drooled over Bobby's TESLA, and generally left missing Jerry. Okay, one spoiler hint, lets just say I'm going to revisit the Morning Dew from the last night in Europe 72 at some point today. Oh, and maybe the Althea from 5/1/80 (I think that's the one).

RV3, I get it- I was disappointed, too, seeing the selections.
But you seem really wrung out about this- let's put it in perspective. It's disappointing to expect new music and not get it, but there's a steady schedule of unreleased Dead material coming out at least 4-6 times per year, year after year here.
We shouldn't be dying of novelty thirst on this issue. Be patient, more new stuff will come, e.g., the GD 50th anniversary editions of their studio albums, starting with the recent release of the first, eponymous one, promise to have lots of previously-unreleased bits- not to mention Dave's Picks, Box Sets, etc.
Personally, I'm hoping for a nice 1974 box one of these days.
Dave, are you reading this?

I tell you what this is REALLY frustrating....once again just like the incessant greatest hits studio projects- THEY HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED ON THIS! It was advertised as a unique release with rarites & PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED material- WTF?!?! this is just rehash of previous releases & studio crap.....even the live stuff is nothing new?????? Heck- half the setlist is from 5/8/77- the show that is being released 3 weeks before....they have lazily botched this release....and the AMAZON EXCLUSIVE 3-Disc set doesn't have much PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASEED either....one tune, Stella Blue- from 7/5/81 I believe....

Not sure whether this has been announced elsewhere, but there is also an Amazon exclusive three CD version of this with a further couple of unreleased tracks, presumably tying in with Amazon having the rights to the film. Also, talk a six LP version of the entire contents of the three CD set, although limited to 2500 copies worldwide, and not clear where it is obtainable from. Finally, a two LP version containing highlights from the two CD version, although again it is not clear where this can be ordered from as yet.

Apologies if this information is out there somewhere on the site and I've missed it....!

a long strange trips back to Herouville 71, a country show recorded by french tv with Garcia interview by Blanc Francard, interview as interesting as the show(No pay per view in the 70's an pay per back writers in the 60's) . David how may you manage to get that stuff back to Santa Cruz?
However lack of originality in the track list, n o need to mention Dark Star, Dear M Fantasy hey Jude, and Althea from best after "Go to heaven," show, exactly what we expect!
last week I chance upon Dead & Company, best shows after AC (after Captain) since Phil & friends 2006..

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